Imaging Brazil 024: Bites in Belo Horizonte, MG (2005)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

024. Bites 

JULY 2005: Bites

Talking about parties and food…. Also Brazilians love to have some salty bites when having some drinks. They love to eat roasted meat, such as filet mignon, chicken hearts, or picanha. The picture above shows picanha (roasted steak), complete with fried onion rings and a dish of crispy French fries. Where is the mayonnaise? Or the ketchup? OR worse: peanut sauce? Maybe you may request some ketchup for the French fries. But ketchup on meat? According to Brazilians, a real sin!

 

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2005, 2014

Imaging Brazil 022: Sun and Water in Foz do Iguaçu, PR (2005)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

022. Sun

JUNE 2005: Sun

At the time of my stay in Foz do Iguaçu, it was very cloudy, with some drizzle. I had to clean both my photo cameras regularly. At that time, I was also using my camera with films. Since then, I haven’t used this camera much, because it is quite expensive to have the films developed and printed. On the final day of my visit, in the final hour, I finally met the sun. Immediately, the landscape underwent a metamorphosis: warmer, friendlier, and more intense colors. I should return to the waterfalls some day, on sunnier days.

 © Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2005, 2014

Imaging Brazil 021: Immense Itaipu in Foz do Iguaçu, PR (2005)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

021. Immense

JUNE 2005: Immense

Foz do Iguaçu is not only famous for the waterfalls, but also for the immense hydro-electric power station, which is located partly on Paraguayan, and partly on Brazilian soil. Until the inauguration of the Three Gorges Dam in China, Itaipu was the largest in the world. A free bus tour guides you along the huge turbines, which provide approximately ninety percent of the Paraguayan and about twenty percent of the Brazilian energy need.

 

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2005, 2014

Imaging Brazil 019: Waterfalls in Foz do Iguaçu, PR (2005)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

019. Waterfalls

JUNE 2005: Waterfalls

Although my principal destination was the Paraguayan border city of Ciudad del Este – in an attempt to obtain a student visa – , it was impossible for me to leave Foz do Iguaçu without having visited the world famous waterfalls. On the day of my return from Paraguay, I found a cheap hotel in downtown Foz do Iguaçu. The hotel owner enthusiastically provided me a load of touristic information about his city. Following his directions, I took the bus to the visitor’s center at the Brazilian part of the waterfalls park. I took the paved routes along a large number of waterfalls. It was cloudy, with some drizzle. That day I got confronted with a lot of water and green.

 

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2005, 2014

Imaging Brazil 018: Capoeira in Belo Horizonte, MG (2005)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

018. Capoeira

JUNE 2005: Capoeira

Back in Belo Horizonte, I encountered a group of capoeira dancers in Parque Municipal (Municipal Park). The dancers were accompanied by typical music instruments, among which the berimbau. One by one, the dancers entered the circle to challenge their friends already dancing in the circle. The audience clearly enjoyed their acrobatic and rhythmic performances. I was amazed to watch a teenager dancing with the same acrobatic skills as his adult opponents.

 

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2005, 2014